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Desert locust

Length

60 to 90 mm (adults: males 60 to 75 mm, females 70 to 90 mm)

Weight

up to 2 g (an adult, about two grams (it eats roughly its own weight in fresh food every day))

Top speed

16 to 19 km/h (usual flying speed, flying with the wind)

Lifespan in the wild

3 to 5 months (whole life from egg; very variable, depending on weather)

Lives in

Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco and 23 more places